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DEBITAGE
Unique ID: FAKL-F227A6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Flake, grey translucent flint, four facets. narrow blade, Late Mesolithic. Length 26.4mm, Width 12.9mm, Thickness 3.5mm, Mass 1.23g.
Class: Flake
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 7000 BC
Date to: Exactly 4001 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.4 mm
Width: 12.9 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 1.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 26th February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: a ILK 107
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Pendle (District)
To be known as: Laneshaw Bridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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